diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 78b5bac82559..7ce2db0020f3 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -408,6 +408,30 @@ static void old_reloc(unsigned long rl)
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
+static inline u32 __user *skip_got_header(u32 __user *rp)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV)) {
+		/*
+		 * RISC-V has a 16 byte GOT PLT header for elf64-riscv
+		 * and 8 byte GOT PLT header for elf32-riscv.
+		 * Skip the whole GOT PLT header, since it is reserved
+		 * for the dynamic linker (ld.so).
+		 */
+		u32 rp_val0, rp_val1;
+
+		if (get_user(rp_val0, rp))
+			return rp;
+		if (get_user(rp_val1, rp + 1))
+			return rp;
+
+		if (rp_val0 == 0xffffffff && rp_val1 == 0xffffffff)
+			rp += 4;
+		else if (rp_val0 == 0xffffffff)
+			rp += 2;
+	}
+	return rp;
+}
+
 static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		struct lib_info *libinfo, int id, unsigned long *extra_stack)
 {
@@ -745,7 +769,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	 * image.
 	 */
 	if (flags & FLAT_FLAG_GOTPIC) {
-		for (rp = (u32 __user *)datapos; ; rp++) {
+		rp = skip_got_header((u32 __user *) datapos);
+		for (; ; rp++) {
 			u32 addr, rp_val;
 			if (get_user(rp_val, rp))
 				return -EFAULT;